200808 John Kushmaul: Downtown Nonfiction

August 7, 2008

Second Floor GalleryAugust 7 through October 6, 2008Opening reception on August 8, 5 – 8 pm, in conjunction with 2nd Friday Art Night John Kushmaul

John Kushmaul was born on a military base in Selma, Alabama in 1972. Kushmaul graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 1993 with a minor in
art, and has been painting in Little Rock for the past 14 years. He also worked in local television for four and a half years. Kushmaul's works are
largely inspired by photographs he has taken of the city. “Little Rock serves as a convenient subject because the varieties of architecture document
the role of history in a modern day Arkansas. The historic architecture viewed in conjunction with the street’s power poles, wires and satellite dishes
show both the historic legacy and the progression of technology in Little Rock,” said the artist. The light of the seasons is another frequent theme
of his works, and Kushmaul is currently working on a series of paintings depicting downtown Little Rock.

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Historic Arkansas Museum is a historic site museum of Arkansas's frontier days. Five pre-Civil War houses, on their original block, are restored to antebellum appearances, so you can learn about life pre-Civil War in Arkansas. Guided tours of the historic houses encounter actors portraying original residents, making it easy to step back in time and learn about the history of Arkansas.